Comparative Race & Ethnicity
In this course you’ll learn how race and ethnicity were created, defended, and adapted by various communities in the United States over space and time. The class is structured through historical and...
View ArticleFashion and Consumer Culture
This seminar will introduce major theoretical works in the study of consumer behavior, from Veblen’s “Theory of the Leisure Class” to emerging fashion and consumer culture theory. Along the way, we...
View ArticleSpace, Place, and Identity in the Digital Age
Download Syllabus Here Our bodies and identities are intimately bound to the spaces we move through. It is impossible to conceive of a meaningful space without considering it alongside embodiment and...
View ArticleMyth and Memory: 2007
Myth and Memory: 2007 will be a hands-on exploration of the events, experiences and cultures of America ten years ago. Focusing on a single year allows us to dig deep into the era. We will start with...
View ArticleEmbodied Knowledge: Theorizing and Historicizing the “Black Body”
“Embodied Knowledge” is a graduate seminar illuminating the material, experiential, representational, and political manifestations of the “black body” in American culture and society. During our...
View ArticleMuseum Scholarship Practicum
Students devise and carry out a research program using the collections at the Smithsonian Institution or some other cooperating museum, working under joint supervision of a museum professional and a...
View ArticleIntroduction to Digital Studies
Digital Studies is an interdisciplinary approach to scholarship and teaching that combines the critical study of new forms of digital media, culture, and identity with creative practices and the...
View ArticleCurrent Approaches to American Studies
“Current Approaches to American Studies” is the second course in a two-course sequence required of all masters and doctoral students in the Department of American Studies at the University of Maryland....
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